Difference between revisions of "Oathpact"

The '''Oathpact''' is an oathagreement heldsworn by the [[Herald]]s of [[The Almighty]] tothat protecttrapped the worldFused inon theBraize timesin ofbetween the [[Desolation]]sDesolations.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}

Five men and five women gave themselves up voluntarily to this pact, who would become known as the ten [[Herald]]s. With Honor's blessing, they traveled to [[Braize]] and sealed the spren of the enemy there. It prevented the Fused from returning, and so ended the war. But the Fused tortured the Heralds on Braize until one of the Heralds broke. Thus the Heralds and the Fused would return, starting a new Desolation. At the beginning, the Heralds held strong and hundreds of years passed between Desolations;.{{book nearlyref|sa3|38}} Around 2500 years later,{{book ref|sa3|38}}{{book ref|sa4|76}} the Heralds started to lose their sanity.{{book, ref|sa4|}}and Therethere werewas onlyless 2than yearsa year between the last two Desolations, which left humans no time to rebuild society.{{book ref|sa3|38}} To solve this problem, nine Heralds found a way to abandon the Oathpact and left [[Talenel]], who has never broken, to uphold it by himself.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} The Heralds as well as the Stormfather thought that this would end the Oathpact entirely, at least for the Heralds abandoning it. However, despite what they believe, all the Heralds are still bound to the Oathpact,{{wob ref|5186}} although it has been weakened to the point of near-destruction.{{book ref|sa3|38}} For over four and a half millennia, Talenel withstood the torture of the enemy alone, but eventually he finallywas broke, returningreturned to Roshar. ThisAlthough Talenel did not break, it is currently unknown what caused his return.{{wob ref|14869}} This coincided with the True Desolation, currently occurring on Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|38}}